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<h1 title="Package" class="title">Package&nbsp;org.gephi.layout.spi</h1>
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<h2 title="Package org.gephi.layout.spi Description">Package org.gephi.layout.spi Description</h2>
<div class="block">Interfaces for creating new layout algorithms.
        <h3>Create a new Layout</h3>
        <ol><li>Create a new module and set <code>LayoutAPI</code> and
                <code>GraphAPI</code> as dependencies.</li>
            <li>Create a new builder class by implementing <code>LayoutBuilder</code></li>
            <li>Add <b>@ServiceProvider</b> annotation to your builder, that it can
                be found by the system. Set <code>LayoutBuilder</code> as the
                annotation parameter.</li>
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                instantiation code in <code>LayoutBuilder.buildLayout()</code>.</li></ol></div>
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